India, Nov. 21 -- A 19-year-old college student from Kalyan died by suicide on Tuesday evening, hours after a heated spat with co-passengers in a crowded local train over the language he used to ask commuters to move inside.

The student, a resident of Kolsewadi and a second-year undergraduate, had boarded a morning local from Kalyan to CSMT after his season ticket expired a day earlier. The second-class compartment was packed, and as the train pulled out, he reportedly shouted "andar chalo, andar chalo" (in Hindi: move inside) to help push passengers inside. According to his family, a group of commuters objected, questioning why he was speaking in Hindi despite being Maharashtrian.

When the teen replied that he was indeed a Marathi spea...